Setting The Controls; Defrosting Foods - Whirlpool RM975PXK Manual

30-inch free-standing eye-level microwave range
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SETTING THE CONTROLS
Be sure you understand
the basics
of microwave
oven cooking
before
you start.
Start with recipes
from your
MICRO MENUS. Cookbook.
Follow the directions
carefully.
NEVER START THE OVEN WHEN IT'S EMPTY. The oven can be damaged.
For testing,
use at least a cup of water.
Be sure you have read and
understand
the dlrectlons.
1.
Put food In the oven
4.
Set cooking
times longer
than 10 minutes
by turn-
ing the timer knob and
wheel.
First set the knob,
then move the wheel.
Example:
to set 22 min-
utes, 30 seconds
0 Set 2 minutes. 30 sec-
onds by pushing
in and
turning
knob.
l
Set 20 mrnutes by push-
ing up on wheel.
DEFROSTING
For defrosting,
set Cook
Power Control
to DEFROST
(MED-LO) setting.
See the
Defrost Guide
inside the oven
door or your
MICRO MENUS
Cookbook
for suggested
defrost times
'Tmk
2.
Close the door. Make
sure it locks. The oven
won't work if the door isn't
closed
tightly.
5.
Set Cook Power to
desired
setting
from HI to
LO. Some recipes
require
different
Cook Powers
for best results. (See
chart]
-COOK
POWER CHART-
Recipes
in the
MICRO MENUS. Cook-
book
use Cook Power
settings
from HI to LO.
Recipes
in other books
and magazines
may
use different
percent-
ages of cooking
power.
The following
chart will
be helpful:
HI -100%
of full power
MED-HI - 70% of full
power
MED - 50% of full
power
MED-LO - 30% of full
(DEFROST)
power
LO -
15% of full
power
3.
Set cooking
times up to 10
minutes
by pushing
in
the timer knob and turn-
ing clockwise.
The oven
light will go on. Push in
and turn counterclockwise
to reduce
time.
6.
Push the START Button. The
oven light will stay on.
You will hear a fan run-
ning during
oven
operation.
When the set time is up,
the oven will shut off auto-
matically.
You will hear
a bell, the light will go off
and the fan will stop.
TO STOP THE OVEN
1.
Push in and turn the timer
knob counterclockwise
to
0o:oo.
OR
2.
Open the oven door
TO RESTART THE OVEN
1.
Close the oven door.
2.
Set timer (If needed).
3.
Push the START Button
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